By Ian Chua and Vidya Ranganathan SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Monday as investors cheered the upbeat U.S. labor force report that sent Wall Street to an all-time closing high last week, while the dollar held its ground against the yen. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed nearly one percent with Australia 's main share index also about a percent higher. Malaysian shares were the biggest gainers, rising 3 percent after the ruling coalition government won a tight election. Japanese financial markets are shut on Monday for a public holiday and will reopen on Tuesday. Britain's stock market is also shut on Monday for a national holiday, and that is expected to keep trading quiet in Europe. Financial spreadbetter IG expected Germany's DAX to open 1 point higher, flat in percentage terms, and France's CAC 40 to open 2.2 points ...